CAP mentioned in Operation Noble Eagle article

[sjtrupp]

From the online  Air Force Magazine

Relentless Vigil: The Air National Guard-led 1st Air Force/Air Forces Northern flew twice as many fighter sorties last month for Operation Noble Eagle coverage of the continental US as it had flown during March. Bolstering the fighters were a total of 14 tanker and reconnaissance/command and control sorties. And, Civil Air Patrol flew 48 sorties as part of the April ONE tally....

Entire article is available at  http://www.airforce-magazine.com/Pages/default.aspx

[Duke Dillio]

And for the amount of money it cost for the 14 tanker and recon/c&c sorties, CAP could have flown over 200 additional sorties....

[RogueLeader]

I'm grateful for the mission as well as the mention.